Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-18
Correspondence of The EVENING STAR.

PASADENA, CAL, May "a.
Pasadena, 'Crown of the Valley" fifteen years
ago sheep rancho, to-day busting. thriving
town OF four thousand Inhabitants lies miles
from the Old Spanish city OF Los Angeles wit
which 1t Is connected by rail- Half grit with the
rugged mountains OF the Sierra Madre, folded In
the fragrant embrace of countless orange trees,
Pasadena is the place Of places where one feels
that life is indeed worth living, and where one
would like, when the time comes to die and be
buried.
Two dry-goods stores, four or i've groceries, two
drug stores and one jewelry store make up the
business center OF Pasadena There Is also q town
hall, where, during the winter, balls are given.
years ago With 500 Worth Of SooSa and IN small
frame house, Will in another year, be moved to q
fine building costing $4,000. The librarian is a
cultivated and charming woman. She has held
her position since the library was opened. All re-
ltgtous denominations, except the Roman Catho-
lie and the Unitarian, are represented here.
dena. MOnrOvia, now boasting of two thousand
inhabitants, celebrated its first anniversary few
days ago.
NO FEMALE HELP.
But even in this paradise OF perpetual sunshine
OF flowers and OF birds, where the only reminder
we have OF winter is the dazzling snow on the
mountain tops, the almost universal drawback
to perfect domestic enjoyment is found. The
scarcity OF efficient household help is fast
becoming national calamity, and nowhere it
seem to me is It more felt than in Southern Cali
fornia- Chinese labor is too costly for most faml-
lies, and no other is TO be had. Good homes could
be given at once to at least two hundred capable
women In Pasadena alone. The usual wages OF a
Chinese cook Is $50 per month. and he regulates
his own hours OF work. When l see the tired
mothers here who would welcome treat as EQUALS
and pay well good women who would come and
help them carry their daily household burdens.
my thoughts f1y TO the sewing and shop girls Il
the Eastern citieS, to whom this climat,;
and the exhfliratfng breeziness or life gen.
orally would give foretasce Of Heaven they
no " Will nf
phllanthrOpist bring a colony OF them out here?
1u most families, especially In the smaller towns,
the objectionable or rather Inc objected TO- word
all work Is greater than in the East Dress
makers. though their prices are enormous, SIS and
$50 being the usual charge for making simple
Dress realize completeness In few years. There
Is no cheap labor here. Energetic, capable women
find good pay In ali branches or work.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.
There is no need OF preaching women's rights
here. The women are so greatly In the minority
that they can demand and obtain anything they
want, even II unreasonable and public sentiment
places them on an equality with man In every
way. Many women are making good lvings In
real-eState transactions, their judgment being &C
cepted apparently, as readily as that OF men bro
kers One OF the most important real-eState offices
IN Los %ss Is by Los
where all tine leading topics OF the day are dis
cuSsed including business pursuits.
FORTUNES IN REAL ESTATE.
In this great garden of the West many fortunes
have been made by the transfer of real estate.
Two or three sharp men come out here, get control
of few thousand acres OF land, locate town, set
up an Office, and, by JudiciouSly giving away a
hundred or two acres, start boom, which, in
their immense profit. In one of these 'locatiOns'
Just started near here there are i've real-eState
offices, livery stable, and a "hotel " and not a
In very little while the hotel will be fun Of fsh
eager to bite at the bait which will be